Sommelier Series Wine Dinner featuring Matthiasson Wines

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June 29, 20176:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Please join us on Thursday, June 29 at 6:30pm for a special dinner featuring the wines of Steve and Jill Matthiasson. The Matthiassons are farmers who raise a diversity of crops including fruit trees and olives, not to mention chickens, in the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley. Steve has become one of Napa’s top viticultural consultants, working with clients that include Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Araujo Estate, Spottswoode and Hall. Steve is said to have an admirable ability to mesh modern research science with a farmer’s intuition, and has helped vintners achieve more flavor at lower sugar levels, while setting up integrated pest management and other sustainable practices. He has been nominated for a James Beard Award, and named winemaker of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle. The Matthiassons make terrific, elegant Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, but are also know for championing less well-known varietals such as Ribolla Gialla.

At L’Auberge Chez François, we have also been raising a few crops, mostly vegetables and herbs, while trading for eggs with a local farm, recycling our waste and improving our sustainability. We are thrilled to present some of the most exciting wines coming out of California today, from a family of growers who share our passion.